Author: William BreretonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Volume 128 of the series is called volume 2 on the title page, which refers to the second part of the Brereton letters.
The Letter Books of Sir William Brereton: June 18th 1645
Author: William BreretonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Volume 128 of the series is called volume 2 on the title page, which refers to the second part of the Brereton letters.
The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution
Author: Michael J. BraddickPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191667277
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 713
Book Description
This Handbook brings together leading historians of the events surrounding the English revolution, exploring how the events of the revolution grew out of, and resonated, in the politics and interactions of the each of the Three Kingdoms - England, Scotland, and Ireland. It captures a shared British and Irish history, comparing the significance of events and outcomes across the Three Kingdoms. In doing so, the Handbook offers a broader context for the history of the Scottish Covenanters, the Irish Rising of 1641, and the government of Confederate Ireland, as well as the British and Irish perspective on the English civil wars, the English revolution, the Regicide, and Cromwellian period. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution explores the significance of these events on a much broader front than conventional studies. The events are approached not simply as political, economic, and social crises, but as challenges to the predominant forms of religious and political thought, social relations, and standard forms of cultural expression. The contributors provide up-to-date analysis of the political happenings, considering the structures of social and political life that shaped and were re-shaped by the crisis. The Handbook goes on to explore the long-term legacies of the crisis in the Three Kingdoms and their impact in a wider European context.
To Settle the Crown
Author: Jonathan WortonPublisher: Helion and Company
ISBN: 191437732X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
While the First, or 'Great', English Civil War of 1642-6 was largely contested at regional and county level, in often hard-fought and long-lasting local campaigns, historians often still continue to dwell on the well-known major battles, such as Edgehill and Naseby, and the prominent national leaders. To help redress this imbalance, To Settle The Crown: Waging Civil War in Shropshire, 1642-1648 provides the most detailed bipartisan study published to date of how the war was actually organized and conducted at county level. This book examines the practicalities, the 'nuts and bolts', of contemporary warfare by reconstructing the war effort of Royalists and Parliamentarians in Shropshire, an English county on the borderland of Wales - a region that witnessed widespread fighting. Shropshire was contested during the First Civil War - when it became one of the most heavily garrisoned counties in England and Wales - and experienced renewed conflict during the Second Civil War of 1648. Based on a Doctoral thesis, and therefore drawing primarily on contemporary sources revealing much new information, To Settle The Crown examines key aspects of the military history of the English Civil Wars: allegiance and motivation; leadership and administration; recruitment and the form of armed forces; military finance; logistics; and the nature and conduct of the fighting. Furthermore, while previous studies have tended to concentrate on the Parliamentarians, the comparatively plentiful evidence from Shropshire has allowed the Royalist war effort there to be reconstructed in rare detail. This book reveals for the first time the extent of military activity in Shropshire, describing the sieges, skirmishes and larger engagements, while reflecting on the nature of warfare elsewhere across Civil War England and Wales. In also providing a social context to the military history of the period, it explains how Royalist and Parliamentarian activists set local government on a wartime footing, and how the populace generally became involved in the administrative and material tasks of war effort. Extensively illustrated, fully referenced to an extensive bibliography, and including a useful review of Civil War historiography, To Settle The Crown: Waging Civil War in Shropshire, 1642-1648 is a significant fresh approach to the military history of the English Civil Wars.
Bulletin of Dr. Williams's Library
Author: Dr. Williams's LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The Letter Books of Sir William Brereton
Author: William BreretonPublisher: [Chester] : Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Volume 128 of the series is called volume 2 on the title page, which refers to the second part of the Brereton letters.
The Making of Oliver Cromwell
Author: Ronald HuttonPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300257457
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
The first volume in a pioneering account of Oliver Cromwell--providing a major new interpretation of one of the greatest figures in history Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)--the only English commoner to become the overall head of state--is one of the great figures of history, but his character was very complex. He was at once courageous and devout, devious and self-serving; as a parliamentarian, he was devoted to his cause; as a soldier, he was ruthless. Cromwell's speeches and writings surpass in quantity those of any other ruler of England before Victoria and, for those seeking to understand him, he has usually been taken at his word. In this remarkable new work, Ronald Hutton untangles the facts from the fiction. Cromwell, pursuing his devotion to God and cementing his Puritan support base, quickly transformed from obscure provincial to military victor. At the end of the first English Civil War, he was poised to take power. Hutton reveals a man who was both genuine in his faith and deliberate in his dishonesty--and uncovers the inner workings of the man who has puzzled biographers for centuries.
The Archaeology of an Ecclesiastical Landscape
Author: Mike M. EmeryPublisher: Chester City
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The Letter Books of Sir William Brereton : Volume One, January 31st-May 29th 1645
Author: William BreretonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
A Catalogue Of Books Relating To The History And Topography Of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland. By Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart. Compiled From His Library At Stourhead, In Wiltshire
Author: Richard Colt-HoareA Catalog of Books Relating to the History and Topography of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland
Author: Sir Richard Colt HoarePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description